

Yes, there is a Free level that provides, in their words, “Good Sound Quality” for 80 million songs - but only at a most basic 16-bit/44.1kHz, mind you.

Like pretty much every streaming service these days, Tidal offers a number of listening option tiers. Seeing how we’ve yet to devote an entire Stream On column to this uber-popular platform, we felt it was high time to dive headfirst into the Tidal streaming pool.

In recent years, the streaming giant has doubled down on the ways it offers a multi-genre cornucopia of streaming content in a number of hi-res-friendly ways. Tidal has literally rolled with the changes over the course of its 7.5 years (and counting) being nestled in our collective streaming consciousness.
